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Operating System

User Manual

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Linpus Linux Lite User’s Guide Original Issue: 03/2008

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Question Answer

System and device basics Chapter One: Device basics Chapter Six: Setting

Internet, connectivity and browsing

2-1 Getting connected to a LAN 2-2 Getting connected to a WLAN 2-3 Browsing

Ofﬁ ce applications Chapter Three: Ofﬁ ce applications

Editing and printing 3-1 OpenOfﬁ ce.org 6-3 Printer setting

System recovery Appendix A

Symbols

Attention

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INDEX

Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your System

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1.1 Turn on your computer 6

1.2 Turn off your computer 7

1.3 Desktop Modes 8

1.4 Tool Bar 9

1.5 Windows 11

1.6 File Manager 12

1.7 Using Removable Devices 13

1.8 Using the Keyboard 15

Chapter 2 Using the Internet

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2-1 Wired Network Setup 16

2-2 Wireless Network Setup 17

2-3 Web Browsing 19

2-4 Email 24

2-5 Instant Messaging 28

2-6 Skype Internet Phone 29

Chapter 3 Ofﬁ ce Application

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3-1 Word Processor (OpenOfﬁ ce.org Writer) 30

3-2 Spreadsheet ( OpenOfﬁ ce.org Calc ) 34

3-3 Slide Presentation (OpenOfﬁ ce.org Impress) 38

Chapter 4 Useful Tools

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4-1 PDF Reader 41

4-2 Dictionary – StarDict 42

4-3 Ebook 43

4-4 Calculator 44

Chapter 5 Multimedia, Games

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5-1 Multimedia Play 45

5-2 Image Viewer 47

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6-3 Printer Setup 51 6-4 Power Management Preferences 53

6-5 Modem Dial-up Tool 54

GPL Copyright Notice

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5 Trademark Statements

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Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your System

Linpus Linux Lite has brought you a brand new super-intuitive user interface with a simple and easy-to-use system menu and more of your favorite applications.

1.1 Turn on your computer

1. Switch on you PC monitor and press the power button to turn on your PC.

2. The system will then auto-login to the Simple Mode.

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1.2 Turn off your computer

To safely turn off your computer and protect your data integrity, please follow the steps below:

1. Click on the Exit icon on the right-hand side of the Tool Bar.

2. Then click on Turn Off on the pop-up dialog to safely shutdown your computer.

Picture 1-1 Turn off your computer

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1.3 Desktop Modes

Linpus Linux Lite offers a super-intuitive icon desktop mode. After the system is started, you will see this Simple Mode user interface as shown in Picture 1-2. All software applications are categorized into 5 tabs –

Internet, Work, Learn, Play and Setting. To open a tab or an application simply click on it.

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1.4 Tool Bar

The Tool Bar is located at the bottom of the desktop. There are some application shortcuts, system notification, and permanent system utility

icons within (see picture below).

Picture 1-3 The Tool Bar

Application Shortcuts

Located on the left-hand side of the Tool Bar, there are 2 application shortcuts. They are shortcuts for “Display Desktop” and “File Manager” . You can minimize all running applications at once using the “Display

Desktop” - and browse through ﬁ les using the “File Manager”.

System Notiﬁ cation Area

When an application program is started, it will remain running in the system until you close it. At the middle of the Tool Bar is the system

notiﬁ cation area. All running applications will reside in this area.

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Permanent System Utilities

There are several permanent system utilities located at the right-hand side of the Tool Bar. Details about these utilities will be introduced in later chapters.

Utility Icon Description

Language input methods

System power supply status

System network connection status

System sound volume

System Date/Time

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1.5 Windows

When you open a program, it should fit to your screen. If a running

application window does not ﬁ t just right to your screen, you can make adjustments using the steps below:

1. Hold down the [Alt] button, then move the mouse cursor over the targeting window and hold down the left mouse key at the same time. The mouse cursor will then become a palm like icon as illustrated in Picture 1-5.

2. Move the mouse to adjust the windows to an appropriate position.

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1.6 File Manager

Click on the File Manager icon located under the Settings feature group tab to start the File Manager program. Alternatively, you can click on the File Manager shortcut located at the left-hand side of the Tool Bar.

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1.7 Using Removable Devices

When you plug-in removable storage devices such as USB Disks, the system will automatically detect the device and, using the File Manager,

display its contents ( As shown in Picture 1-7). You can use the File

Manager to view, copy, modify, move and delete any files and folders stored on that device.

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After you have fi nished your tasks, please fi rstly close all fi les saved to

the USB device. To remove the USB device safely, right click on the USB storage device icon and select the Unmount option in the quick

menu, ﬁ nally physically remove the USB storage device.

Picture 1-8 Safely unmount and remove a USB Disk.

Please DO NOT physically remove the USB storage device

while ﬁ les saved on it are open, it may corrupt the ﬁ les and result

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1.8 Using the Keyboard

[Fn] [F8][Fn] [F8] Volume Up Brightness Down

[Fn] [Num Lk][Fn] [F9] Built-in Number Keypad On/Off Brightness Up

[Fn] [Scr Lk] Scroll Lock/Unlock

[Fn] [Prt Sc][Fn] [F10] Start Screen Capture Software and Capture ScreenshotVolume Down

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Chapter 2 Using the Internet

Linpus Linux Lite supports both wired and wireless network. Before you

start surﬁ ng on the Internet, please follow the steps below to setup your

Internet connection.

2-1 Wired Network Setup

Before proceeding with the setup, please make sure the following:

1. One end of the network cable is properly plugged into your computer’s network adapter port;

2. Plug the other end of the cable into a Switch or Hub which is already part of a LAN connected to the Internet.

LAN Network with Dynamic IP Allocation (DHCP)

Linpus Linux Lite wired network is automatically set to on. If you are

connected to a LAN conﬁ gured with dynamic IP allocation (DHCP), the

Internet will connect as soon as you have plugged in the cable.

If you are connected to a wireless network and wish to switch to a wired network, firstly plug the network cable into the computer. Right click on the network adapter icon as shown in Picture 2-1 then uncheck the Wireless Network option.

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2-2 Wireless Network Setup

The wireless network adapter is turned on by default at startup. If no

wireless network is detected, please ﬁ rstly check if your wireless network

access point is turned on. To get a list of all the wireless networks your device has detected left click on the wireless icon in the Tool Bar (see

picture 2-2). Simply then click on the network you wish to connect to.

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When a wireless access point is selected, the system might prompt you for the password of that access point. Before entering the correct password into the dialogue box - as illustrated in Picture 2-3 - please select the correct option from the drop down menus next to Wireless Security and Type. If you are not sure about that, please consult your network administrator. Then click the Login to Network button to continue.

Picture 2-3 Input password of a wireless access point

When you are successfully connected, you can see an icon indicating the connection signal strength at the Tool Bar.

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2-3 Web Browsing

When you have ﬁ nished setting up your network you can start browsing

the Internet. Linpus Linux Lite is equipped with the popular Firefox

Internet browser to bring you the best Internet surﬁ ng experience. In the

following sections, you can learn the basics of the Firefox user interface.

ProCon Latte

Firefox. When you receive your device Firefox will be set to use ProCon

default settings. The ﬁ rst thing you need to do is set the password so that

your child cannot set or change the setting.

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To change any of the setting open Firefox and then click Tools, Procon and then select the Main Filter tab and click the Edit List button to see the default Blocked Words and Blocked Sites lists.

Below is a list of the general settings and functions you may wish to change:

General Settings:

* Hide from Tools Menu - Removes the ProCon shortcut from Firefox’s Tools menu drop-down

* Show in Status bar - Shows an icon regarding to ProCon’s current state

of ﬁ ltering including: Filter On, Filter Off, and Trusted

* Lock the Add-ons list - Locks the Add-ons window, to prevent ProCon

(or any other extension) from being altered

* Lock ‘about:conﬁ g’ - Locks the conﬁ guration page, to prevent ProCon’s

settings from being altered

Shortcut:

* Ctrl+Alt+*User-deﬁ ned key* - Makes it easier to call ProCon’s settings

using the keyboard

Main Filter:

* Enable Explicit Material Filter - Enables ProCon’s main ﬁ lter (and feature)

* Block All Trafﬁ c - Prevents anyone (without permission) to access any site except for whitelisted site (only if the whitelist feature is enabled)

* Add reason of blockage to warning - Informs the user what is the pattern that caused a page to be blocked

Presets:

* Secure - Blocks all trafﬁ c except for whitelist items

* Moderate - The user’s default settings

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Tabbed Browsing

Tabbed Browsing is a page management feature for enhancing your browsing experience. When you are browsing several web pages at the same time, you can load these pages into “tabs” under the same browser; by doing so you can open many web pages in one browser and quickly switch between them. You may go to File, New Tab to add an extra tab or alternatively use the shortcut key [Ctrl] + [t].

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Using an Internet Search Engine

The Firefox Internet browser includes Google as shown in Picture 2-6. To use this feature, simply input the search keyword into box and press the Return/Enter key to start searching.

Picture 2-6 Keyword search using Google.

Other than Google, Firefox also has many other popular search engine interfaces built-in like Yahoo, Amazon, eBay, Dictionary.com etc. You can select your favourite search engine from the textbox located at the top right-hand corner of Firefox browser. Input your search keyword then hit Return/Enter to start searching.

Font Size Adjustment

You may adjust the web page font size by using the Increase and

Decrease options under the View, Text Size setting in Firefox.

Bookmark Management

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Popular Internet Website Services

Linpus Linux Lite desktop is preloaded with several popular website shortcuts for your convenience. You may access these shortcuts in the Internet group tab.

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2-4 Email

Linpus Linux Lite uses Thunderbird as the main email client software. You may start Thunderbird by clicking the Email icon in the Internet tab. When Thunderbird is started for the first time, you will see an Account Wizard guiding you to setup your e-mail account

conﬁ gurations as illustrated below.

Picture 2-8 Thunderbird -- Email account management wizard

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Setup Email Accounts

If you would like to add an email account into Thunderbird, the targeting email server should support SMTP and POP3 protocols for sending and receiving emails respectively. After you start Thunderbird, please following the steps below to complete your email account setup.

1. As illustrated in Picture 2-8, select Email account then click Next; 2. Following by inserting Your Name and Email Address;

3. Choose POP as the server type for retrieving your e-mails then input your email server address. Input your email SMTP server address as your email sending agent as illustrated in Picture 2-9;

4. Follow the Account Wizard to input the receiving user name and the account name in the next two pages;

5. At last, check all the account details are correct and click on the Finish

button.

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Composing Emails

A f t e r y o u h a v e p r o p e r l y c o n f i g u r e d y o u r e m a i l a c c o u n t w i t h Thunderbird, you can then start sending and receiving emails. All emails can be accessed from the email folders in the left panel. You can use the [<] and [>] controls to switch between email folders. If you would like to write an email, simply click on the Compose button and you will see a

mail composer as illustrated below. To send your email, just click on the

Send button.

Picture 2-10 Composing an email

While composing your email you can use the Attach button to

attach ﬁ les to the email and use the Contacts button to add your

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Receiving Email

At the main control page in Thunderbird, click on the Get Mail button to download your emails to Inbox.

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2-5 Instant Messaging

Under the Internet tab, there is an instant messaging software that allows you use popular instant messaging services like MSN, ICQ, Yahoo, AIM etc. You can click on the Messenger icon to start the Pidgin instant messaging application. Click the Add icon to add accounts from various instant messaging services as illustrated in Picture 2-12.

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2-6 Skype Internet Phone

Linpus Linux Lite offers the popular Skype Internet phone application. You can access the Skype phone on the Internet tab. When you start

Skype for the ﬁ rst time, you will be prompted to accept the Skype End

User License Agreement. Skype will start up immediately after you click on the Accept button as shown in Picture 2-13.

Picture 2-13 Skype End User License Agreement

Skype user interface window is oversized for Linpus Linux Lite’s

desktop. You can follow the steps below to adjust it window

position as needed.

1. Hold down the [Alt] button, then move the mouse cursor over the targeting window and hold down the left mouse key at the same time. The mouse cursor will then become a palm like icon as illustrated in Picture 1-5.

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Chapter 3 Ofﬁ ce Applications

The Office tab provides some common office applications from the OpenOffice.org product family: word processor, spreadsheet, presentation and others tools.

There is good compatibility between OpenOffice.org and MS

Ofﬁ ce.

3-1 Word Processor (OpenOfﬁ ce.org Writer)

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Create a New File

Select File and then New from the top tool bar to create a new Writer Text document, like Diagram 3-2.

Diagram 3-2: Open a new Write text document

Open an Old File

Select File and then Open. Use the fi le system to fi nd the fi le you want

to open.

Save File

Select File and then Save, when the Save As dialog window appears,

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Change Font Type

In Writer, you can use a lot of different ways to define the character appearance, such as font type, size, color and so on. The simple way is to highlight and select the words that you want to change, select Format

and then Character.

Diagram 3-3 Object Tool Bar

To edit a character, you can also use the right-click button of the mouse, and then select Font, Size, and Style from the pop-up menu.

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Insert Table

To insert a table into the document, select a location with your cursor, click on Insert and then Table on the top tool bar; ﬁ nally input the table

name, and number of columns and rows etc.

Point to the top frame boundary of the table and press the left button of the mouse, move left/right and up/down to set the height and width of the table.

Insert a Picture

On the top toolbar click on Insert, Picture and then From File; at the

Insert Picture dialog window, select a ﬁ le.

You can also set the picture size; first select and click on the picture, then use the mouse to hold the tiny Green box on the picture boundary and move to resize. While resizing, press the “Shift” key to keep the picture size aligned in an even ratio.

Print

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3-2 Spreadsheet ( OpenOfﬁ ce.org Calc )

Calc Introduction

Diagram 3-5 Calc Introduction

Cell

Many cells form a sheet; each cell is able to hold data. If you want to

select a whole row or column, just click the column name ( e.g. C ) or row name ( e.g. 10 ). If you want to select non-sequential columns or

rows, you can hold down “Ctrl” and then click a row or column.

Edit a sheet

Use the left button of the mouse to click on a Cell. For example, if you want to create a sheet for a top 10 ranking, you can create columns named “Rank”, “Candidate”, “Score A” and “Score B” . At the

Candidate column, input “1” and “2” for the ﬁ rst 2 Cells. Select these

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Diagram 3-6 The selected Cells are numbered “1,2,3,...”

If you want to change the background color, just select the Cells you

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Insert a Column/Row

If you want to add a column or a row move the cursor to the last column or row; right-click on the mouse and select Insert. At the Insert Cells

window dialog, you then select Entire Row or Entire Column.

Automatic Summation

Diagram 3-8 Formula of Summing up

You can use “Sum(C1:C3)” in the formula, or use “Computation symbol”

and “number” to do the calculation. First, at the input line, type an “=”

sign and then type the equation ( e.g. C1+C2+C3 or Sum(C1:C3) ). The

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Create a Chart

First Highlight and select the Cells, then select Insert and Chart on the top tool bar. A “Chart Wizard” will be shown and you can select and input the Chart Type, Data Range, Data Series and Chart Element. However, the most important information needed is the “Title”, “X-axis” and “Y-axis” under “Chart Element”. Press Finish when you are done and the chart will be inserted.

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3-3 Slide Presentation (OpenOfﬁ ce.org Impress)

Diagram 3-10 Impress Introduction

Insert a New page

Select Insert and then Slide from the top tool bar; in the right window, you can select a slide layout.

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View Slide

Impress provides 5 different viewing modes. Use the right-hand side windows to switch viewing modes.

Insert Text Editor Frame

Directly press the “T” icon on the bottom tool bar, and use the left button to insert a text editor frame.

Insert Picture

Select Insert and then Picture from the top tool bar, in From File dialog windows, select and open the needed picture.

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Insert a chart

Select Insert and then Chart to insert a chart. Use “Chart information”

to deﬁ ne the columns and data, or to add/remove columns/rows. You can

also select the Chart icon on the top tool bar to deﬁ ne different types of

chart.

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Chapter 4 Useful Tools

Linpus Lite provides many useful tools, for example: PDF reader, dictionary, ebook, calculator etc. In this chapter, we will introduce them.

4-1 PDF Reader

Click on the Learn tab, then click PDF Reader. You can open PDF and

PostScript format ﬁ les.

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4-2 Dictionary – StarDict

On the Learn tab, click Dictionary to open StarDict. StarDict by default is a pure English dictionary. You can update or download other translation dictionaries through Linpus Lite’s on-line update.

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4-3 Ebook

On the Learn tab, click eBook to open the FBReader ebook software. Through it you can open fb2, HTML, CHM and RTF etc format files.

FBReader can also open document ﬁ les in the zip tar formats.

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4-4 Calculator

On the Learn tab, click Calculator to open Gcalctool. By default, Gcalctool starts in “Basic” mode. To change the mode, click View,

Advanced, Financial or Scientiﬁ c.

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Chapter 5 Multimedia, Games

Linpus Lite has a number of multimedia tools and games, for example: gThumb, LTris, Lpairs etc. In this chapter, we have some brief introductions.

5-1 Multimedia Play

On the “Play” tab, click “Media Player” to open the SMPlayer (shown

below in Picture 5-1).

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Playing Disks

Please use the following steps to play a disk:

1. Connect the USB DVD or CD-ROM player to your device;

2. Insert a disk into the player – After the system detects the disk, the File Manager will display the CD icon at the left side.

3. Click on the disk icon to play it.

4. On the “Play” tab, click “Media Player” to run the SMPlayer. Then click “Open Disk” to play it.

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5-2 Image Viewer

On the Play tab, click Picture to open gThumb, the included picture software. You can open BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG files. You can view images in Folders, Catalogs, Image, Fullscreen and Slide Show modes. Use the following steps to edit an image:

1. Choose an image.

2. Select the function that you want in the gThumb menu bar.

3. After conﬁ gure click File, Save or File or Save As.

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5-3 Games

On the Play tab, Linpus Lite provides some fun games as shown in Picture 5-2.

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Chapter 6 System Conﬁ guration

6-1 Date and Time

Click on the icon named Date and Time located on the Settings page

to launch the “Date and Time” application. Once there you can adjust

system time and date. Additionally, you can view and change the time zone info by clicking into the Time Zone sub-tag.

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6-2 System Monitoring

Click on the System Monitor icon to view the status of all running

programs (processes). If a process is found to be behaving abnormally,

you may opt to terminate it by clicking the Processes sub-tag, selecting the process and then clicking on the End Process button. In addition, you can get an overview of the system load - CPU, memory and network usage, by clicking on the Resources sub-tag.

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setting up a printer.

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Add a local printer

As you follow the instructions in the printer setup wizard, you will be prompted to enter a printer name and an optional description. Clicking on the Forward button, a screen like Fig. 6-4 will show up. Here you can select Locally-connected on the pull-down list and then select /dev/ usb/lp0. Click on the Forward button to continue.

Fig 6-4: Setup Local Printers

Next, you will be asked to select the make and model of the printer you wish to set up. Press the Forward button to continue and you will see the summary of the printer configuration. Please review it and press

Complete if the information looks correct to you. A dialogue box will then pop up asking if you want to print a test page. Select Yes to print a test page and review the printed page to see if the printer works properly

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can conﬁ gure how your system behaves both on AC power and battery

power.

Fig. 6-5: Power Management Preferences

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6-5 Modem Dial-up Tool

Click on the Dial-up Tool icon in the Settings sub-page to launch Gnome PPP, the Modem Dial-up application. You can then enter your username, password and phone number directly in the dialog window. If you do not have this information, you may consult the local Telecom to get it. After that the application will begin to connect, and you will hear the dialing tone. Wait about half a minute for the connection to complete.

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